MANITOWOC – For many families, a trip across Lake Michigan on the SS Badger is a special event filled with happy memories. For one Michigan family, the four-hour ride from Ludington to Manitowoc ...
Built in 1953, the Badger was the last and largest – along with its sister ship the S.S. Spartan – coal-fired, steam engine ...
Bill Bussell, a 1950s summer employee of the S.S. Badger, visited during summer 2024 for a cross-Lake Michigan trip between Ludington, Mich., and Manitowoc, Wis. Bill Bussell, second from left, is ...
The S.S. Badger's sailing season is scheduled to begin May 16. MANITOWOC – The S.S. Badger Lake Michigan car and passenger ferry will head to Door County for some sprucing up before its sailing ...